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Creator:: Izacke, Richard, 1624?-1698
Date:: 1734
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., iii, 25, [26], 50-69, 213, [66] p. front., ill., (coats of arms) fold. plate, fold. plan. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20714. A survey of the cathedral-church of Worcester : with an account of the bishops thereof, from the foundation of the see, to the year 1600. Also an appendix of many original papers and records, never before printed. / by William Thomas ...

Creator:: Thomas, William, 1670–1738
Date:: 1737
Physical Description:: [1], vi, 124, 222, 8, 210 p., ill. [16] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plan ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20715. A treatise on fresco, encaustic, and tempera painting; : being the substance of lectures delivered at the Society of British Artists, and at the School of Design, Leicester Square, in the years 1838-39-40. / By Eugenio Latilla ...

Creator:: Latilla, Eugenio
Date:: 1842
Physical Description:: xvi, 64 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20716. Just published. Under the patronage of his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Wm. Heath's sketches of, in & about, Dover, : This is to give notice, that Mr. W. Heath's Panorama & other sketches of Dover, are now on sale at Rigden's Library ...

Creator:: Rigden, Thomas
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: 1 leaf : ill. ; 35 cm. (in case 44 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20717. A biographical history of England, from the revolution to the end of George I's reign : being a continuation of the Rev. J. Granger's work: consisting of characters disposed in different classes, and adapted to a methodical catalogue of engraved British heads; interspersed with a variety of anecdotes, and memoirs of a great number of persons ... / The materials being supplied by the manuscripts left by Mr. Granger, and the collections of the editor, the Rev. Mark Noble ...

Creator:: Noble, Mark, 1754–1827
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: 3 volumes ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20718. Select views of the principal buildings and other interesting and picturesque objects in the cities of Bath and Bristol and their environs / drawn and engraved by William Watts ; with an explanatory letter press.

Creator:: Watts, William, 1752–1851
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 2 v. ([7] leaves of plates; [6] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 25 x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20719. The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol; compiled from original records and authentic manuscripts in public offices or private hands; illustrated with copper-plate prints. By William Barrett ...

Creator:: Barrett, William, 1733–1789
Date:: [1789]
Physical Description:: xix, 704 p. illus., 31 pl. (partly fold.) incl. front., plans, facsim. 28 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20720. Sabbath bells chimed by the poets ... / Illustrated by Birket Foster.

Date:: 1856
Physical Description:: 111, [1] p. col. illus. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20721. The church's floral kalandar [sic] / compiled by Emily Cuyler ; with a preface by the Rev. F. Shelley Cuyler ; the illuminations designed and chromo-lithographed by W.R. Tymms.

Date:: [1862]
Physical Description:: 38, [38] leaves : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20722. The Canterbury guide : containing a concise account of whatever is curious or worthy of observation in and about that ancient city and its suburbs : also a description of the cathedral and priory of Christ Church and of Saint Augustine's Abbey.

Date:: [1820?]
Physical Description:: 60 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20723. Premiums offered by the Society, instituted at London, for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce.

Creator:: Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
Date:: 1774
Physical Description:: 53 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20724. The painters voyage of Italy : in which all the most famous paintings of the most eminent masters are particularised, as they are preserved in the several cities of Italy : chiefly related to their altar-pieces, and such other paintings as are ornamental in their churches : and also many choice pictures, kept as jewels, in the palaces of particular persons : whereunto is added that excellent collection of Signior Septale, in his closet at Milan ... / written originally in Italian by Giacomo Barri ...; Englished by W.L. ...

Creator:: Barri, Giacomo, approximately 1630–approximately 1690
Date:: 1679
Physical Description:: [16], 159 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., ports., map ; 18 cm. (8v)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20725. Dedicated to the connoisseurs : six views near Edinburgh / drawn from nature and etched by John Westgarth.

Creator:: Westgarth, John
Date:: [1796?]
Physical Description:: [7] leaves : all ill. ; 26 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20726. The gallery of British engravings : consisting of twenty-two splendid steel engravings from the works of the most eminent painters : with descriptive letterpress.

Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: [20] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20727. Rural tales : ballads and songs / by Robert Bloomfield ...

Creator:: Bloomfield, Robert, 1766–1823
Date:: 1802
Physical Description:: ix, [3], 119 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20728. Thomas Bewick and his pupils / by Austin Dobson.

Creator:: Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Date:: 1884
Physical Description:: xviii, 232 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20729. A philosophical and critical history of the fine arts, painting, sculpture, and architecture : with occasional observations on the progress of engraving ... deduced from the earliest records, through every country in which those arts have been cherished, to their present establishment in Great-Britain : under the auspices of His Majesty King George III ... / by the Rev. Robert Anthony Bromley ...

Creator:: Bromley, Robert Anthony, 1735–1806
Date:: 1793-95
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 28cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20730. A curious collection of beasts, horses, and birds : copied from the best masters : very useful to draw after : in four parts.

Date:: [ca. 1750]
Physical Description:: 25 leaves : all ill. ; 22 x 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20731. The Ninevah court in the Crystal Palace / described by Austen Henry Layard.

Creator:: Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817–1894
Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: vi, [7]-80 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., plan ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20732. A catalogue of the pictures at Leigh Court, near Bristol, the seat of Philip John Miles, Esq. M.P. : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the proprietor, and accompanied with historical and biographical notices / by John Young, engraver in mezzotinto to His Majesty, and Keeper of the British Institution.

Creator:: Young, John, 1755–1825
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: [8], 32, [2] pages, 33 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

20733. Lexicon technicum, or, An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences : explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves / by John Harris ...

Creator:: Harris, John, 1667?-1719
Date:: 1710-1716
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., port. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20734. A new view of London, or, An ample account of that city, in ... eight sections : being a more particular description thereof than has hitherto been known to be published of any city in the world ...

Creator:: Hatton, Edward, b. 1664?
Date:: 1708
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., map, plan ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20735. Munera pulveris : six essays on the elements of political economy / by John Ruskin ...

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1872
Physical Description:: [2], xxvii, 186 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20736. The stones of Venice / by John Ruskin ... ; with illustrations drawn by the author.

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20737. An interesting narrative of the travels of James Bruce ... into Abyssinia, to discover the shores of the Nile / abridged from the original work by Samuel Shaw ...

Creator:: Bruce, James, 1730–1794
Date:: 1790
Physical Description:: ix, [11]-380 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20738. The history of the parish of Langton : with that portion of the Hundred of Gartree, Leicestershire, containing the parishes of Great Bowden, Blaston, Carlton, Cranoe, Foxton, Glooston, Gumley, Hallaton, Ilston, Kibworth, Smeeton, Slawston, Shangton, Staunton, and Welham : with an account of the lords of the manors and their pedigrees, and a list of the patrons and rectors of each living, a description of the churches, monuments, &c / by John Harwood Hill ...

Creator:: Hill, John Harwood, 1809–1886
Date:: 1867
Physical Description:: [2], 336 [i.e. 350], [4] p., [25] leaves of plates : ill., port., geneal. tables ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20739. A new drawing book of heads : from the cartoons at Hampton Court ...

Date:: [17--]
Physical Description:: 6 leaves : all ill. ; 23 x 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20740. The baronetage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English baronets now existing ... illustrated with their coats of arms ... : to which is added an account of such Nova Scotia baronets as are of English families and a dictionary of heraldry ... / by E. Kimber and R. Johnson ...

Creator:: Wotton, Thomas, d. 1766
Date:: 1771
Physical Description:: 3 v. : coats of arms ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20741. Poems / by Goldsmith and Parnell.

Creator:: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: xx, 76 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20742. The typography of the fifteenth century : being specimens of the productions of the early continental printers, exemplified in a collection of fac-similes from one hundred works, together with their water marks / arranged and edited from the bibliographical collections of the late Samuel Sotheby, by his son, S. Leigh Sotheby.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805–1861
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: 145 p. in various pagings : facsims. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20743. Plan de la ville et citadelle de Montpellier : avec ses environs.

Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1751
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 44 x 62 cm., on sheet 55 x 73 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20744. Biographical sketches of eminent persons, whose portraits form part of the Duke of Dorset's collection at Knole : with a brief description of the place : embellished with a front and east view of Knole.

Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: xxiii, [1], 164, [4] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

20745. A history of the Nonesuch Press / by John Dreyfus ; with an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes & a descriptive catalogue by David McKitterick, Simon Rendall & John Dreyfus.

A history of the Nonesuch Press / by John Dreyfus ; with an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes & a descriptive catalogue by David McKitterick, Simon Rendall & John Dreyfus.

Creator:: Dreyfus, John
Date:: 1981
Physical Description:: xv, 319 p. : illustrations ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20746. Diues & pauper.

Date:: 3 Dec. 1496
Physical Description:: [392] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20747. Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde : accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries : with a map / by Lieutenant Henry Pottinger.

Creator:: Pottinger, Henry, Sir, 1789–1856
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: xxx, 423 p., [2] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20748. Henry William Herbert (Frank Forester) : a bibliography of his writings, 1832-1858 / compiled by William Mitchell Van Winkle, with the bibliographical assistance of David A. Randall.

Creator:: Van Winkle, William Mitchell, 1885–
Date:: 1936
Physical Description:: xviii, 189 p. front. (port.) plates, facsims. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20749. Brief candles / by Laurence Binyon ; with six engravings by Helen Binyon.

Creator:: Binyon, Laurence, 1869–1943
Date:: 1938
Physical Description:: 49, [3] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20750. Codicis domini Justiniani sa[n]ctissimi principis [per]petui Augusti repetite prelectionis Incipit constitutio prima ...

Date:: [24 June 1475]
Physical Description:: [812] pages : 10 illustrations (wodcuts) ; 44 cm (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20751. The life of William Blake / by Mona Wilson.

Creator:: Wilson, Mona, 1872–
Date:: MCMXXVII [1927]
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 397, [1] pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20752. A song for Simeon / by T.S. Eliot ; drawing by E. McKnight Kauffer.

Creator:: Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888–1965
Date:: [1928]
Physical Description:: [4] p. : 1 col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20753. English hawking and hunting in the Boke of St. Albans : a facsimile edition of sigs. a2-f8 of the Boke of St. Albans (1486) / by Rachel Hands.

Creator:: Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
Date:: 1975
Physical Description:: lxix, 195 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20754. Pig-sticking or hog-hunting : a complete account for sportsmen, and others / by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Bart.

Creator:: Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857–1941
Date:: MCMXXIV [1924]
Physical Description:: 312 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20755. The pilgrim's progress, from this world to that which is to come : delivered under the similitude of a dream : wherein is discovered the manner of his setting out, his dangerous journey, and safe arrival at the desired country / by John Bunyan.

Creator:: Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
Date:: 1724
Physical Description:: [10], 205, [1] pages : illustrations, portrait ; 15 cm (12mo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20756. The Hitchcock edition of Frank Forester [pseud.

Creator:: Herbert, Henry William, 1807–1858
Date:: 1930]
Physical Description:: 4 v. illus. 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20757. The horse and his rider, or, Sketches and anecdotes of the noble quadruped : and of equestrian nations / by Rollo Springfield.

Creator:: Springfield, Rollo
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: iv, 216 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20758. The Story of King Edward VIII, told in pictures : reproduced from authentic photographs of incidents in the life of H.M. the King.

Date:: [approximately 1937?]
Physical Description:: 63, [1] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20759. Scrub / David Tremlett.

Creator:: Tremlett, David, 1945–
Date:: 1978
Physical Description:: [52] leaves : 25 col. ill. ; 43 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20760. Description of the Barossa Range and its neighbourhood, in South Australia / by Agricola ; illustrated with maps and coloured plates, from original drawings made on the spot, by George French Angas.

Creator:: Agricola
Date:: 1849
Physical Description:: 19, [1] pages, [8] leaves of plates, ([2] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 38 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20761. Landscape reminiscences of Hastings.

Creator:: Barnard, George, 1807–1890
Date:: [1830?]
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20762. Studies and examples of the modern school of English architecture.

Creator:: Barry, Charles
Date:: 1839
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20763. Travels through Denmark and Sweden : to which is prefixed a journal of a voyage down the Elbe from Drseden to Hamburgh : including a compendious historical account of the hanseatic League / by Louis De Boisgelin ; with views from drawing taken on the spot, by Dr. Charles Parry.

Creator:: Boisgelin de Kerdu, Pierre Marie Louis de, 1758–1816
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20764. Remarks on a tour to north and south Wales, in the year 1797 : with plates from Rowlandson, Pugh, Howitt, etc. ; aquatinted by I. Hill.

Creator:: Wigstead, Henry
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: vii, [3], 69 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20765. Fragments d'un voyage autour du monde / Augte. Borget.

Creator:: Borget, Auguste, 1808–1877
Date:: [1850?]
Physical Description:: [12] p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20766. Picturesque antiquities of the English cities : illustrated by a series of engravings of antient buildings, street scenery, etc., with historical and descriptive accounts of each subject / by John Britton, F.S.A. M.R.S.L. and member of several other societes, English and foreign.

Creator:: Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: xii, 88 p., [60] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20767. The Builder's magazine, or, Monthly companion for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. : as well as for every gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building ... / by a society of architects.

Date:: 1774
Physical Description:: 2, 345, 100 p., [185] leaves : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20768. A disquisition upon Etruscan vases : displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese feast of lanterns, with explanations of a few of the principal allegories depicted upon them.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: [2], vi, 99, [1] p., XVI leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20769. Collection of postcards of English cathedrals, abbeys, the Tower of London and other tourist destinations.

Date:: early 20th century
Physical Description:: 97 postcards ; each approximately 9 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay

20770. Cothele, on the banks of the Tamar.

Creator:: Condy, Nicholas, 1793–1857
Date:: [1840?]
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20771. Zbior wzorowy rozmaitych polskick ubiorów : nedzlem znanego malarza Norblin wydanych a przez slawnego Debucourt, na miedzi wyrznielych w. Warszawie = Collection de costumes polanais : dessineés d'après nature / par Norblin et gravés par Debucourt.

Creator:: Norblin de La Gourdaine, Jean-Pierre, 1745–1830
Date:: 1817
Physical Description:: [50] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20772. Progressive lessons on landscapes.

Creator:: Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:: 1816
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20773. The professional life of Mr. Dibdin / written by himself ; together with the words of six hundred songs, selected from his works, and sixty small prints taken from the subjects of the songs ; and invented, etched, and prepared for the aqua tinta by Miss Dibdin ; embellished also with an elegant engraving by Mr. Smith, from a portrait of Mr. Dibdin, a striking likeness, and an admirable picture painted by Mr. Devis ; in four volumes.

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745–1814
Date:: [1803]
Physical Description:: 4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20774. Castle Rackrent : an Hibernian Tale : taken from facts, and from the manners of the Irish Squires, before the year 1782 / by Maria Edgeworth.

Creator:: Edgeworth, Maria, 1767–1849
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: xii, 216 p. ; 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20775. The itinerary of Greece : with a commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an account of the monuments of antiquity at present existing in that country : compiled in the years 1801-06 / by W. Gell Esq. M.A. F.R.S. F.S.A.

Creator:: Gell, William, Sir, 1777–1836
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: [6], 171, [9] p., 28 leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20776. The IId edition of Genteel houshold furniture in the present taste : with an addition of several articles never before executed / by a Society of Upholsterers, Cabinet-makers, &c. ; containing upwards of 350 designs on 120 copper plates ...

Creator:: Society of Upholsterers, Cabinet-makers, &c
Date:: [1765?]
Physical Description:: [1], 120 leaves : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20777. Map of the county of Sussex. [map] : from an actual survey made in the years, 1823 & 1824, / by C. & I. Greenwood.

Creator:: C. & J. Greenwood
Date:: March 24th. 1825
Physical Description:: 1 map : mounted on linen ; 127 x 206 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20778. Here begynneth a lytell cronycle / translated & imprinted at the cost & charge of Rycharde Pynson, by the co[m]maundement of the ryght high and mighty prince, Edwarde Duke of Buckingham, Yerle of Gloucestre, Staffarde, and of Northamton.

Creator:: Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235–approximately 1314
Date:: [approximately 1520?]
Physical Description:: [2], xliiii, [1] leaf ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20779. Memoirs of Miss O'Neill : containing her public character, private life, and dramatic progress, from her entrance upon the stage : with a full criticism of her different characters, appropriate selections from them, and some account of the plays she has preferred for her representations / Charles Inigo Jones, Esq. ; embellished with a coloured and highly-finished portrait of Miss O'Neill.

Creator:: Jones, Charles Inigo
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: iv,100 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20780. More daylight jobbery : the daily jobbing of a press, 1986-1990 / Libanus Press.

Creator:: Libanus Press
Date:: 1990
Physical Description:: 1 portfolio ([1], 29 leaves) : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.

20781. The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art : being a compleat drawing book containing a curious collection of examples in all the variety of cases : as the several parts of the human body, whole figures, landskips [sic], cattle, building, &c. curiously engraved on copper plates, after the designs of Albert Durer, Abrah. Bloemart, Carlo Morac, Le Clerc, Hollar, and other great masters : to which is prefix'd, an introduction to drawing; containing an account of the instruments and materials used in drawing, and the method of managing them; also instruction to form the judgment of a young beginner, and direct his hand in practice, with early and proper lessons for him at the first entrance : also, early and proper lessons for a young beginner, with instructions to form his judgment and direct his practice / translated from the French of Monsieur Gerard de Lairesse and improved with abstracts from C.A. Du Fresnoy.

Creator:: Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:: MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description:: [2], 8, [2] p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20782. Journal of an expedition 1400 miles up the Orinoco and 300 up the Arauca : with an account of the country, the manners of the people, military operations, &c. / by J. H. Robinson, late surgeon in the patriotic army ; illustrated with seven plates.

Creator:: Robinson, J. H., surgeon
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: xix, 397 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20783. A new copy-book of the small Italian hand : published for the use of publick and private schools as well as for the use of families / by John Langton, writing master ...

Creator:: Langton, John, active 1700–1727
Date:: [1727?]
Physical Description:: [4] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20784. Lessons on trees in water colours.

Creator:: McKewan, David Hall, 1816–1873
Date:: 1855
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20785. To field marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York & Albany ... these delineations of the uniform of the officers of the British Army ... / by C. Marcuard.

Creator:: Marcuard, C
Date:: 1819]
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20786. The history and antiquities of Birkenhead Priory : illustrated by views, plans, and elevations : together with views of the churches formerly connected with the priory / by William I. Mason, architect, and A.W. Hunt, B.A.

Creator:: Mason, William Ithell
Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: 16 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20787. A collection of eight selected sketches of villagers, favorite animals, &c. / by George Morland.

Creator:: Morland, George, 1763–1804
Date:: 1807]
Physical Description:: [4] p., [8] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20788. The new bon ton magazine, or, Telescope of the times.

Date:: 1818-1821
Physical Description:: 6 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20789. Glasgow illustrated.

Creator:: Nichol, J
Date:: 1841
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20790. Scenic beauty of the island of Jersey.

Creator:: Ouless, Philip John
Date:: 1840
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20791. The English gentleman's guide, or, A new and compleat book of maps of all England and Wales : shewing its ancient and present government, divided as in the Saxon heptarchy : also into dioceses, judges circuits, and counties : describing all the cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, noble and gentlemens seats, archbishops and bishops sees, universities, places which send members to Parliament, &c. : with the names of the rivers, sea-ports, sand-hills, moors, forests, &c. : all the great or post-roads, cross-roads, posts for directions on the roads, ponds, inns and houses on the roads, with the distances of measur'd miles, according to Mr. Ogilby's survey : with many additions and corrections not extant on any maps : the whole being finely engrav'd, and made portable either for cloak-bag, portmanteau, or pocket.

Date:: [1717?]
Physical Description:: 1 map on 4 sheets ; sheets 47 x 146 cm or smaller, folded in cover 48 x 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20792. The first book of Andrea Palladio's Architecture : treating of the five orders : and what is most necessary in building : correctly drawn from his original work, publish'd by himself at Venice, Anno 1570 : and accurately engraved by I. Ware.

Creator:: Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:: 1742
Physical Description:: viii, 63, [1] p., 34 [i.e. 29] plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20793. Epochs of painted vases : an introduction to their study / by Hodder M. Westropp, Esq.

Creator:: Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), d. 1884
Date:: 1856
Physical Description:: [4], 24, [2] p., IX leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20794. Historia mundi, or, Mercator's atlas : containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world / lately rectified in divers places, as also beautified and enlarged with new mappes and tables by the studious industry of Iudocus Hondy ; Englished by W.S. generosus, & Coll. Regin. Oxoniae.

Creator:: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Date:: 1635
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([22], 401, [1], 409-599, 520-566, 649-930, [32] pages, 2 leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps (1 folded) ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20795. The present state of ecclesiastical architecture in England / by A. Welby Pugin ; ... with thirty-six illustrations.

Creator:: Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852
Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: 158 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20796. Advanced studies in marine painting / by Edward Duncan ... ; eight facsimiles of the original paintings ; many drawings in outline after Duncan, and a number of reproductions of works by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. ; accompanied by descriptions and practical instructions for copying by an eminent teacher.

Creator:: Duncan, Edward, 1804–1882
Date:: [1889]
Physical Description:: 52 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20797. Hungarian and highland broad sword.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: 1799
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20798. Vignette designs.

Creator:: Shepheard, George
Date:: 1814-1815
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20799. Bombastes furioso : a burlesque tragic opera / by William Barnes Rhodes ; with designs by George Cruikshank.

Creator:: Rhodes, William Barnes, 1772–1826
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: 34, [2] p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

20800. Triumphs and conquests of the English in China.

Date:: [1842]
Physical Description:: 1 print on 3 joined sheets : hand-colored lithograph ; sheets end-to-end 13 x 184 cm, accordion folded to 13 x 8 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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20701. The history of the belles lettres, and of the arts and sciences, from their origin, down to this present time. Translated from the French of M. Juvenal de Carlencas. With a complete alphabetical index.

20703. An authentic history and description of the castle & priory of Dudley, chiefly compiled from the works of Leland, Erdeswicke, Plott, Grose &c. By J. Payton ...

20704. The school of wisdom; or repository of the most valuable curiosities of art & nature ... Compiled from various authors.

20706. An accurate and descriptive catalogue of the several paintings in the King of Spain's palace at Madrid; with some account of the pictures in the Buen-Retiro. By Richard Cumberland ...

20707. The elements of architecture / collected by Henry Wotton, Knight, from the best authors and examples.

20708. [Acrostics.

20709. The oiled feather illustrated. By the Rev. P. B. Power ...

20710. Length of road from Middle-Hill to the adjacent houses &c. &c.

20711. The child; from The dove on the cross.

20712. A handy book on villa architecture: being a series of designs for villa residences in various styles. By C. Wickes ...

20714. A survey of the cathedral-church of Worcester : with an account of the bishops thereof, from the foundation of the see, to the year 1600. Also an appendix of many original papers and records, never before printed. / by William Thomas ...

20715. A treatise on fresco, encaustic, and tempera painting; : being the substance of lectures delivered at the Society of British Artists, and at the School of Design, Leicester Square, in the years 1838-39-40. / By Eugenio Latilla ...

20716. Just published. Under the patronage of his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Wm. Heath's sketches of, in & about, Dover, : This is to give notice, that Mr. W. Heath's Panorama & other sketches of Dover, are now on sale at Rigden's Library ...

20718. Select views of the principal buildings and other interesting and picturesque objects in the cities of Bath and Bristol and their environs / drawn and engraved by William Watts ; with an explanatory letter press.

20719. The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol; compiled from original records and authentic manuscripts in public offices or private hands; illustrated with copper-plate prints. By William Barrett ...

20720. Sabbath bells chimed by the poets ... / Illustrated by Birket Foster.

20721. The church's floral kalandar [sic] / compiled by Emily Cuyler ; with a preface by the Rev. F. Shelley Cuyler ; the illuminations designed and chromo-lithographed by W.R. Tymms.

20722. The Canterbury guide : containing a concise account of whatever is curious or worthy of observation in and about that ancient city and its suburbs : also a description of the cathedral and priory of Christ Church and of Saint Augustine's Abbey.

20723. Premiums offered by the Society, instituted at London, for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce.

20725. Dedicated to the connoisseurs : six views near Edinburgh / drawn from nature and etched by John Westgarth.

20726. The gallery of British engravings : consisting of twenty-two splendid steel engravings from the works of the most eminent painters : with descriptive letterpress.

20727. Rural tales : ballads and songs / by Robert Bloomfield ...

20728. Thomas Bewick and his pupils / by Austin Dobson.

20730. A curious collection of beasts, horses, and birds : copied from the best masters : very useful to draw after : in four parts.

20731. The Ninevah court in the Crystal Palace / described by Austen Henry Layard.

20733. Lexicon technicum, or, An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences : explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves / by John Harris ...

20734. A new view of London, or, An ample account of that city, in ... eight sections : being a more particular description thereof than has hitherto been known to be published of any city in the world ...

20735. Munera pulveris : six essays on the elements of political economy / by John Ruskin ...

20736. The stones of Venice / by John Ruskin ... ; with illustrations drawn by the author.

20737. An interesting narrative of the travels of James Bruce ... into Abyssinia, to discover the shores of the Nile / abridged from the original work by Samuel Shaw ...

20739. A new drawing book of heads : from the cartoons at Hampton Court ...

20741. Poems / by Goldsmith and Parnell.

20743. Plan de la ville et citadelle de Montpellier : avec ses environs.

20744. Biographical sketches of eminent persons, whose portraits form part of the Duke of Dorset's collection at Knole : with a brief description of the place : embellished with a front and east view of Knole.

20745. A history of the Nonesuch Press / by John Dreyfus ; with an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes & a descriptive catalogue by David McKitterick, Simon Rendall & John Dreyfus.

20746. Diues & pauper.

20747. Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde : accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries : with a map / by Lieutenant Henry Pottinger.

20748. Henry William Herbert (Frank Forester) : a bibliography of his writings, 1832-1858 / compiled by William Mitchell Van Winkle, with the bibliographical assistance of David A. Randall.

20749. Brief candles / by Laurence Binyon ; with six engravings by Helen Binyon.

20750. Codicis domini Justiniani sa[n]ctissimi principis [per]petui Augusti repetite prelectionis Incipit constitutio prima ...

20751. The life of William Blake / by Mona Wilson.

20752. A song for Simeon / by T.S. Eliot ; drawing by E. McKnight Kauffer.

20753. English hawking and hunting in the Boke of St. Albans : a facsimile edition of sigs. a2-f8 of the Boke of St. Albans (1486) / by Rachel Hands.

20754. Pig-sticking or hog-hunting : a complete account for sportsmen, and others / by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Bart.

20755. The pilgrim's progress, from this world to that which is to come : delivered under the similitude of a dream : wherein is discovered the manner of his setting out, his dangerous journey, and safe arrival at the desired country / by John Bunyan.

20756. The Hitchcock edition of Frank Forester [pseud.

20757. The horse and his rider, or, Sketches and anecdotes of the noble quadruped : and of equestrian nations / by Rollo Springfield.

20758. The Story of King Edward VIII, told in pictures : reproduced from authentic photographs of incidents in the life of H.M. the King.

20759. Scrub / David Tremlett.

20760. Description of the Barossa Range and its neighbourhood, in South Australia / by Agricola ; illustrated with maps and coloured plates, from original drawings made on the spot, by George French Angas.

20761. Landscape reminiscences of Hastings.

20762. Studies and examples of the modern school of English architecture.

20763. Travels through Denmark and Sweden : to which is prefixed a journal of a voyage down the Elbe from Drseden to Hamburgh : including a compendious historical account of the hanseatic League / by Louis De Boisgelin ; with views from drawing taken on the spot, by Dr. Charles Parry.

20764. Remarks on a tour to north and south Wales, in the year 1797 : with plates from Rowlandson, Pugh, Howitt, etc. ; aquatinted by I. Hill.

20765. Fragments d'un voyage autour du monde / Augte. Borget.

20766. Picturesque antiquities of the English cities : illustrated by a series of engravings of antient buildings, street scenery, etc., with historical and descriptive accounts of each subject / by John Britton, F.S.A. M.R.S.L. and member of several other societes, English and foreign.

20767. The Builder's magazine, or, Monthly companion for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. : as well as for every gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building ... / by a society of architects.

20768. A disquisition upon Etruscan vases : displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese feast of lanterns, with explanations of a few of the principal allegories depicted upon them.

20769. Collection of postcards of English cathedrals, abbeys, the Tower of London and other tourist destinations.

20770. Cothele, on the banks of the Tamar.

20771. Zbior wzorowy rozmaitych polskick ubiorów : nedzlem znanego malarza Norblin wydanych a przez slawnego Debucourt, na miedzi wyrznielych w. Warszawie = Collection de costumes polanais : dessineés d'après nature / par Norblin et gravés par Debucourt.

20772. Progressive lessons on landscapes.

20774. Castle Rackrent : an Hibernian Tale : taken from facts, and from the manners of the Irish Squires, before the year 1782 / by Maria Edgeworth.

20775. The itinerary of Greece : with a commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an account of the monuments of antiquity at present existing in that country : compiled in the years 1801-06 / by W. Gell Esq. M.A. F.R.S. F.S.A.

20776. The IId edition of Genteel houshold furniture in the present taste : with an addition of several articles never before executed / by a Society of Upholsterers, Cabinet-makers, &c. ; containing upwards of 350 designs on 120 copper plates ...

20777. Map of the county of Sussex. [map] : from an actual survey made in the years, 1823 & 1824, / by C. & I. Greenwood.

20778. Here begynneth a lytell cronycle / translated & imprinted at the cost & charge of Rycharde Pynson, by the co[m]maundement of the ryght high and mighty prince, Edwarde Duke of Buckingham, Yerle of Gloucestre, Staffarde, and of Northamton.

20780. More daylight jobbery : the daily jobbing of a press, 1986-1990 / Libanus Press.

20782. Journal of an expedition 1400 miles up the Orinoco and 300 up the Arauca : with an account of the country, the manners of the people, military operations, &c. / by J. H. Robinson, late surgeon in the patriotic army ; illustrated with seven plates.

20783. A new copy-book of the small Italian hand : published for the use of publick and private schools as well as for the use of families / by John Langton, writing master ...

20784. Lessons on trees in water colours.

20785. To field marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York & Albany ... these delineations of the uniform of the officers of the British Army ... / by C. Marcuard.

20786. The history and antiquities of Birkenhead Priory : illustrated by views, plans, and elevations : together with views of the churches formerly connected with the priory / by William I. Mason, architect, and A.W. Hunt, B.A.

20787. A collection of eight selected sketches of villagers, favorite animals, &c. / by George Morland.

20788. The new bon ton magazine, or, Telescope of the times.